2022 Walnut Hill Jazz Series

at New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052

Jazz is an American art, and the New Britain Museum of American Art is honored to present in partnership with the Hartford Jazz Society the Walnut Hill Jazz Series for our 5th year! This annual jazz series is made possible in 2022 by generous funding from the Charles Parker Trust for Public Music.

Tickets are $10.00.
Doors open at 6:00 pm.
All shows begin at 6:30 pm.
Wine & beer available for purchase prior to the performance.
Complimentary snacks provided.

(Click on artists names below to purchase tickets)

Zwelakhe-Duma has performed previously at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival, Lagos Jazz Festival, Osaka Jazz Festival, and the Joy of Jazz Festival. He was a recipient of the 2011 Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Fellowship and is a teaching artist for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Jazz for Young People.”

October 12: Trevor Davis Dixieland Affair

An evening of the New Orleans-style jazz developed in the early 20th century, featuring drummer Trevor Davis, Tom Boates on trombone, Glenn Vallee on trumpet, Steve Bulmer on tuba, John Smayda on clarinet, and Doug Schlink on piano.

oin Theresa Wright for an evening of Shirley Horn, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and more! She has appeared locally at the Greater Hartford Jazz Festival and the Baby Grand Jazz series at Hartford Public Library, and collaborated previously with Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead), Jaimoe (Allman Brothers Band) and Jeff Pitchell (Texas Flood).

December 14: Jen Allen Trio

Jen Allen is a pianist, composer, author, and educator, who has appeared at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, Cambridge Festival of the Arts, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Greater Hartford Monday Night Jazz Series, and Wexford Performing Arts Centre. Ms. Allen will be presenting music from her most recent album, Sifting Grace, with brand new compositions and jazz standards.

 
About New Britain Museum of American Art
The New Britain Museum of American Art is the first institution dedicated solely to acquiring American art. Spanning four centuries of American history, the Museum’s permanent collection is renowned for its strengths in colonial portraiture, the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, the Ash Can School, as well as the important mural series The Arts of Life in America by Thomas Hart Benton. The singular focus on American art and its panoramic view of American artistic achievement, realized through the Museum’s extensive permanent collection, exhibitions, and educational programming, make the New Britain Museum of American Art a significant resource for a broad and diverse public.